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Do dark surfaces absorb more heat than light or reflective surfaces?
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∙ 13y ago
Because darker surfaces need more light because it's a dark surface
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∙ 13y ago
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Do dark or light surfaces attarct and absorb heat easier?
A dark surface will absorb the heat from sunlight. While a white surface will reflect a lot of the sunlight and remain cooler.
Do white colors reflect the sun more than dark colors?
Technically, White is not a color ... However, white and light coloured surfaces tend to reflect light while black and dark coloured surfaces tend to absorb light.
Are the glow-in-the-dark watch faces fluorescent or phosphorescent?
They are phosphorescent. Flourescent means light reflective, phos means light absorbing. They absorb light and retain it till it it has depleted.
What types of surfaces absorb heat?
Dark, rough, and/or porous surfaces absorb the most heat (ex. Asphalt)
How does the type of surface affect heating by radiation?
Dark matt surfaces absorb radiated heat much more easily than light-coloured shiny surfaces.
What property of dark surfaces enable them to absorb heat radiation?
"dark" implies that the object does not reflect light very well - thus it must be absorbing radiation.
Will a dark concrete stain attract significantly more heat than a light stain?
Dark colours don not actually attract heat they absorb it where the lighter the colour the more reflective it is
What causes clouds to reflect sunlight back to space?
White or light coloured surfaces, of which a cloud is an example, reflects sunlight, while dark surfaces absorb sunlight and heats up.
Why does a dark coloured car absorb more heat than a white colour car?
Dark colored cars absorb more heat from the sun because they are refractive rather than reflective. That is to say, dark colors - on a car or anything else - absorb heat, rather than reflecting it back the way light colors and white do.
Will light or dark colors absorb more light to melt the ice cube?
Dark colors absorb heat from light better.
What materials are poor reflectors?
A reflector is a, usually large, sheet of reflective material to reflect light into shadows of an object. Materials such as metals reflect light, whilst materials such as wood and paper do not.
Why do darker surfaces heat up more than lighter ones when light hits them?
Dark colors absorb light creating thermal energy. Light colors reflect more light and heat away.
